Helix Vol. II No. 1 September 15, 1967 Walt Crowley Cover "Yakima's Bitter Harvest"

DORPAT, Paul with John Cunnick, Walt Crowley, et al. [JOURNALISM - Underground Press - Seattle]

Verlag: Helix, Seattle, 1967

Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.25 x 17.5 inches. Pp. 12 including covers. Front and rear covers printed in color. Edge-wear with chips one leaf. Withal, a bright copy. An early issue of Seattle's underground hippie rag featuring a Walt Crowley color illustration commenting on the state of migrant workers in the Yakima Valley. With an article on Waymon Ware, a review of a recent Grateful Dead show, and featuring ads for a production of Leroi Jones' The Dutchman and the Slave, and the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Magic Fern opening, at Eagles Auditorium.In late spring 1967, Helix joined a burgeoning underground press then including groundbreaking alternative papers the East Village Other, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Fifth Estate and the Berkeley Barb. Founded by Paul Sawyer, Paul Dorpat and Lorenzo Milam, it sprang from their intellectual fervor at the Free University, an alternative thinktank they also founded. Eventually star-illustrator Walt Crowley assumed editorship.A pebble in the shoe of the Seattle establishment, Helix brought attention to civic injustice by rallying its youthful readership to activism. The apogee of that effort followed the 1970 killing of students at Kent State: over the course of May 5-8, Helix organized protests that blocked US Interstate 5 while marching between the city's University District and rallies at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. Early issues are increasingly scarce. This copy is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7268

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Helix Vol. II No. 1 September 15, 1967 Walt ...
Verlag: Helix, Seattle
Erscheinungsdatum: 1967
Einband: Tabloid Newspaper
Illustrator: Billy Ward, Walt Crowley, Steve McKinistry
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: First Printing.